Giles wrote:
>
>My brother used to do a lot of travelling through Heathrow. He told me
>the word was
>that the baggage handlers were virtually an organised ring and that a lot of
>expensive gear goes missing from peoples luggage. This is one thing the
>authorities
>really should come down on hard. There are enough problems in travelling
>to worry
>about without adding this one.
>
>Giles
>
>
>
>George M. Anderson wrote:
>
>> I've not made up my mind how I'll carry the 350. Option 1 is to put it
>> in it's hard case with a body and MD and 1.4x mounted. Then put that in
>> my large hard sided suitcase and lock it and check it!
>> Option 1 is probably easier, but I just say a TV exposee showing baggage
>> handlers rummaging through passengers checked bags. I hate it when that
>> happens.
>>
I saw a "follow up report" on the American television "news program" 60
Minutes about the wholesale stealing by employees at Kennedy and O'Hair
Airports several years ago. They had aired the original expose the year
before. They showed baggage people systematically breaking open luggage,
pawing through it and taking what they wanted accumlating piles of stolen
articles. The conclusion was that nothing was done by the airlines in
response to the original expose. The reason no one wants to check luggage
is not to avoid waiting at the luggage carousel, but to avoid losing what
they value. I would never check by photo equipment.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
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